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DESCRIPTION:The Centre for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism invites you to 
 a seminar by Zelalem Kibret Beza\, O'Brien Fellow in Residence.\n\nAbstrac
 t\n\nArguably\, creating a liveable environment for its citizens is the qu
 intessential dream of every nation. However\, to attain their dream\, nati
 ons all over the world have designed different\, sometimes contradictory\,
  approaches. Among the many debates\, who should come first: democracy or 
 development? It is a perennial question. Should nations give precedence to
  democratize the polity\, or they should deal with economic development fi
 rst? Or\, as it intuitively appears\, are these two pillars of a better so
 ciety undetachable? These type of questions apropos of democracy and devel
 opment are floated by scholars and politicians alike.\n\nIn Africa\, when 
 most countries are neither democratic nor economically developed\, the deb
 ate over precedence is even hotter and more divisive. Many African nations
  are ambivalently looking to the West and East for a better model system. 
 In the midst of this ambivalence and mercurial policy shifts\, citizens of
  the continent get the short end of the stick\, i.e. policy focus.\n\nHenc
 e\, in the session\, I will enmesh my personal stories with the academic w
 orks regarding the current state of the debate in the African continent\, 
 and show how it’s shaping state policies and the lives of individuals in t
 he ground.\n\nAbout the speaker\n\nZelalem Kibret is an Ethiopian scholar 
 and blogger. Previously\, he was a Scholar-at-Risk fellow at the Hutchins 
 Center for African and African American Research\, and the Center for Huma
 n Rights and Global Justice\, at New York University School of Law. Among 
 other things\, his research focuses on transitional politics and justice\,
  traditional justice\, individuals in International law\, counterterrorism
 \, and New Social Movements and Liberation Technology. By training\, Zelal
 em is a lawyer specialized on Public International Law. He was a Professor
  of law at Ambo University in Ethiopia until April 2014.\n\nBesides his te
 aching activities\, Zelalem is a blogger at the Zone Nine Blogging platfor
 m\, a collective which blogs and campaigns on Human Rights\, Constitutiona
 lism\, and Democracy in Ethiopia.\n
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LOCATION:NCDH 203\, Chancellor Day Hall\, CA\, QC\, Montreal\, H3A 1W9\, 36
 44 rue Peel
SUMMARY:The Democracy-Development nexus: How a never-ending debate is haunt
 ing Africa
URL:/law/channels/event/democracy-development-nexus-ho
 w-never-ending-debate-haunting-africa-295353
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